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Now, it is 50 years to the day since four young men from Liverpool with mop-top haircuts descended on America.
自從四個蓄著馬桶蓋髮型的利物浦少年登陸美國以來，到今天已經五十年了。

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Now, the Beatles, they were famous even before they landed,
披頭四在抵達美國之前就已經成名，

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but it was after they crossed the Atlantic that Beatlemania truly took off.
但是是在他們橫越了大西洋之後，披頭熱才真正展開。

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Now, Jim Boulden traces the roots of the Beatles' legacy.
針對披頭四留下的影響，吉姆．伯登回溯了最初的根源。

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Musicians still perform on Mathew Street, perhaps taking inspiration from its past.
樂手仍然在馬修街上表演，也許從這個地方的過去獲取靈感。

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A statue of John Lennon stands respectfully nearby.
附近有一具約翰．藍儂的雕像莊重地矗立著。

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Mathew Street was home to the original Cavern Club.
馬修街是原本的洞穴俱樂部所在地。

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It's where the Beatles performed 292 times in just two-and-a-half years.
在這裡，披頭四在短短兩年半的時間內就演出了兩百九十二場。

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It's where fans lined up for hours to cram into its deep underground arches.
當初樂迷在這裡排隊好幾個小時，才擠得進深邃的地下拱室。

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And it's where in 1973, authorities tore down the building above and filled in the underground arches.
一九七三年，政府單位拆除了地面上的建築，並且填滿了地下的拱室。

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They were gonna build a ventilation shaft for the underground railway system,
他們原本要為地下鐵路系統建造一座通風井，

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and it was forced to close, which was... caused outrage in Liverpool at the time.
所以俱樂部被迫關閉，這……當時在利物浦引起了公憤。

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They never went on to build the shaft.
他們後來也沒有繼續蓋通風井。

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The new Cavern Club is just a few doors up from the original entrance.
新的洞穴俱樂部與原本的入口只隔了幾道門。

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This new club opened in 1984, and it occupies about 60 percent of the old Cavern.
這座新的俱樂部在一九八四年開幕，其中納入了舊洞穴俱樂部大約百分之六十的空間。

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So now along Mathew Street, add the Cavern Pub, the Beatles souvenir shop, the Fab 4 pizza parlor.
所以，現在馬修街上多了洞穴酒吧、披頭四紀念品商店以及披頭四披薩餐館。

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There are now plenty of reminders of the Beatles here on Mathew Street,
現在馬修街上有許多回憶披頭四的事物，

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some of it genuine, some of it recreation and some of it, frankly, attempts to cash in.
其中有些是真品，有些是仿造品，另外有些，老實說是想撈錢的。

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But the truth is, when the Beatles left Liverpool, the city moved on
但實際上，披頭四離開利物浦之後，這座城市繼續發展，

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and it's only been in the last decade or so that it has been a concentrated effort to recognize the importance of the Beatles to Liverpool.
直到過去十年左右才開始致力表彰披頭四對利物浦的重要性。

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One of those efforts is on the corner of Mathew Street, the Hard Day's Night Hotel.
其中一項措施就在馬修街的轉角，也就是這家一夜狂歡旅館。

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It opened in 2008, the year Liverpool was the European capital of culture.
這家旅館於二○○八年開張，利物浦是那一年的歐洲文化之都。

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This independent hotel is full of Beatles photos, music and memorabilia.
這家獨立旅館內滿是披頭四的照片、音樂與紀念品。

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I think there's been a level of inverted snobbery in Liverpool,
我認為利物浦算是有一股反勢利的態度，

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how they have wanted to push culture and architecture and history,
想要推動文化、建築和歷史。

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and it... for me, it's only in the last two to three years that they've actually realized that the attack brand is the Beatles.
在我看來，直到最近這兩三年來，他們才真正體認到主打的品牌是披頭四，

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And all of that other nice stuff tucks in behind them.
而且所有其他的好東西都潛藏在這個品牌後面。

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The Beatles last played the Cavern in August 1963, six months before playing their first gig in America.
一九六三年八月披頭四最後一次在洞穴俱樂部演出，六個月後即在美國首度登台。

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Mathew Street has had to do with lookalikes and memories ever since.
自此之後，馬修街就只剩下模仿歌手與回憶了。

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That was in the original Cavern, and that's one of the surviving pieces from the late 60s.
這東西來自原本的洞穴俱樂部，是六○年代末留存下來的物品之一。

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I think there was a backlash in the 60s, you know, but there absolutely was.
我認為在六○年代曾經有一陣反撲，絕對有。

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But, you know, you're too close to the event then.
不過，當時身在其中而不自知。

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It's like any period in history, I think, when you're so close to it,
我覺得，就像歷史上的任何一個時期，因為我們太過貼近，

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you know, that we don't think Liverpool appreciated just what the Beatles had done.
所以會認為當時的利物浦並不樂見披頭四的成就。

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Not that the Cavern Club is a museum; it has three live stages.
洞穴俱樂部可不是博物館，這裡有三座現場表演的舞台。

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When Paul played this stage, he was actually closer to where the original stage is.
保羅在這座舞台上演出的時候，他其實比較靠近原本的舞台。

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The original stage is approximately over there.
原本的舞台大概在那裡。

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London may have been the Beatles springboard to the world, but Mathew Street was the springboard to London.
倫敦也許是披頭四邁向世界的跳板，但馬修街卻是邁向倫敦的跳板。